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Werk: Tamerlano

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KomponistHändel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759)
PeriodeBarock
LibrettistNicola Francesco Haym
GattungOper / Oratorium
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Freudian slip: Handel’s Tamerlano recast as Trumpian tantrums

Jonathan Brown (Leone) © Craig Fuller
Opha Phelan’s staging presents the action as a grand, Freudian social experiment. It’s a risk – but the production is lifted by outstanding performances from the cast and the Academy of Ancient Music.
***11
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A character study in singing: Handel’s Tamerlano at ETO

Rodrigo Sosa dal Pozzo (Tamerlano) and James Hall (Andronico) © Richard Hubert Smith
A fine cast breathes life into the story of the captured Ottoman Sultan Bajazet and his Mongol conqueror.
****1
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Tension accumulates in Handel’s Tamerlano at The Grange Festival

Some exceptional singing intermittently enlivens Daniel Slater's production which, dramatically and emotionally, takes time to ignite.   
***11
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Portrait of George Frideric Handel by Thomas Hudson (1748) © Public domain
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